Re: [PATCH 1/1] sctp: not send SCTP_PEER_ADDR_CHANGE notifications with failed probe

[Daniel Borkmann]

On 08/15/2014 11:27 AM, Zhu Yanjun wrote:
> When a failed probe comes along UNCONFIRMED path, it is not necessary
> to send SCTP_PEER_ADDR_CHANGE notification.

I do not find this in the RFC, but it seems reasonable - at least, I would
have liked to see a more elaborate commit message from you explaining why
it's okay to do; at least RFC6458 I read:

  SCTP_ADDR_UNREACHABLE:

    The address specified can no longer be reached. Any data sent
    to this address is rerouted to an alternate until this address
    becomes reachable. This notification is provided whenever an
    address *becomes* unreachable.

Given that the transport has always been in state SCTP_UNCONFIRMED, it
therefore wasn't active before and hasn't been used before, and one could
argue that it doesn't "become" "unreachable" but always has been, so we
wouldn't need to bug the user with a notification about it.

> Reported-by: DEEPAK KHANDELWAL <khandelwal.deepak.1987@xxxxxxxxx>

Nit: please write names normally: Deepak Khandelwal

> Suggested-by: Vlad Yasevich <vyasevich@xxxxxxxxx>
> Suggested-by: Michael Tuexen <tuexen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Zhu Yanjun <Yanjun.Zhu@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>   net/sctp/associola.c | 1 +
>   1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
>
> diff --git a/net/sctp/associola.c b/net/sctp/associola.c
> index 9de23a2..2e23f6b 100644
> --- a/net/sctp/associola.c
> +++ b/net/sctp/associola.c
> @@ -813,6 +813,7 @@ void sctp_assoc_control_transport(struct sctp_association *asoc,
>   		else {
>   			dst_release(transport->dst);
>   			transport->dst = NULL;
> +			ulp_notify = false;
>   		}
>
>   		spc_state = SCTP_ADDR_UNREACHABLE;
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